This tiny island on Japan’s western frontier has no chain convenience stores. Nature lovers can dive with hammerhead sharks and watch miniature horses graze on a hill. But the wooded mountain ranges now carry radar sites. A southern cattle ranch has been replaced with the Japanese Ground Self-Defense Force’s Camp Yonaguni. Japan and its ally, … Read more
French journalist Nicolas Henin speaks to the press as he arrives on the first day of the trial at a Paris court on February 17, 2025. | Photo Credit: AFP French journalist Nicolas Henin in a Paris court quietly recounted repeated torture and a mock execution while the Islamic State (IS) group held him captive … Read more
President Donald Trump. File | Photo Credit: AP The Trump administration is creating a registry for all people who are in the United States illegally, and those who don’t self-report could face fines or prosecution, immigration officials announced Tuesday (February 25, 2025). Also Read | Second batch of U.S. deportees say they were handcuffed, chained … Read more
Elon Musk was born to an affluent South African family in Pretoria before immigrating to Canada and acquiring Canadian citizenship via his mother Maye Musk, who is originally from the province of Saskatchewan. File | Photo Credit: Reuters The number of people who have signed a petition calling for Elon Musk to lose his Canadian … Read more
The Israeli Army said it carried out air strikes targeting military sites containing weapons in southern Syria on Tuesday (February 25, 2025), just days after Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu called for demilitarising the area. At least two people were killed by a strike on one of the sites, the headquarters of a military unit southwest … Read more
Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella was speaking about new products at an employee town hall meeting [File] | Photo Credit: AP Five Microsoft employees were ejected from a meeting with the company’s chief executive for protesting contracts to provide artificial intelligence and cloud computing services to the Israeli military. The protest on Monday came after an … Read more
Syrians lift placards as they demonstrate in the central Karama Square of the southern city of Suwayda on February 25, 2025, in rejection of statements made by Israel’s premier on the weekend. | Photo Credit: AFP The Israeli Army said it carried out air strikes targeting military sites containing weapons in southern Syria on Tuesday … Read more
A drone shows a general view of the city during a major power outage that affected vast swathes of the country, in Concepcion, Chile February 25, 2025. | Photo Credit: Reuters A sweeping blackout plunged most of Chile into darkness Tuesday (February 25, 2025), stranding commuters, knocking the internet offline and paralyzing businesses and daily … Read more
Since 2018, South Korea has been the only member of the Organisation for Economic Co-Operation and Development with a rate below 1. File | Photo Credit: AP South Korea’s fertility rate rose in 2024 for the first time in nine years, supported by an increase in marriages, preliminary data showed on Wednesday (February 26, 2025), … Read more
With a push from President Donald Trump, House Republicans sent a Grand Old Party (GOP) budget blueprint to passage Tuesday (February 25, 2025), a step toward delivering his “big, beautiful bill” with $4.5 trillion in tax breaks and $2 trillion in spending cuts despite a wall of Opposition from Democrats and discomfort among Republicans. House Speaker … Read more